Job 5:3
I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man who makes a graven or molten idol, an abomination to the Lord, a work of the hands of its maker, and who puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall respond by saying: Amen.
Job 27:8For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
Psalms 73:18Be mindful of this: the enemy placed blame against the Lord, and a foolish people has incited against your name.
Jeremiah 12:1Certainly, O Lord, you are just. But if I may contend with you, while still speaking what is just to you: Why does the way of the impious prosper? Why is it well with all those who transgress and act unfairly?
Matthew Henry on Job 5:2-6
The Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. A very… Read the whole commentary →